HD For Indies

Another REDner. I mean REnDer. Render. Yeah, that. Click for larger view in another window, or command-click to open in a new tab.

Notes:

-EVF seems to be shaping up nicely
-is that a finger twistable knurled knob to adjust the angle of the handle? If so, NICE detail - hope all lockdowns are like this
-seems to be - I see two back by the Red Drive
-rods at bottom - I see that there are front and back rods, great for adjusting individually
-BUT I also see what appears to be a hard stop inbetween them - can't slide any further than that
-I'd kinda want the option of a single, continguous rod for greater strength. Maybe even if it weren't absolutely necessary, I'd feel better about it
-if they WANT a hard stop, fine, make a little flip-down lever that CAN stop rod progress fore and aft, BUT can flip out of the way for full length, contiguous rod usage - the power of AND, not the tyranny of OR
-I see the high speed port in their last few renders, maybe they are working on that as the Red Flash might be more finalized in design
-I like the glowing indicators on the side of the battery to indicate charge level
-be nice if the Red Drive had a similar indicator either on it or on the screen on the back of the device as a progress bar somewhere always visible (or certainly visible while shooting). I'd want that info on the viewfinder too, BTW
-progress bar and time remaining at current frame size/rate/compression ratio
-looking closely at the things that hold the rods on, they seem to have some kind of finger operable snap to tighten/loosen - good again
-I wonder where the SATA cable comes from the camera body to connect to the Red Drive? I'm getting a little worried about all the cables that will need to be all over this camera - consider microphone to body, battery to Red Drive (unless they mate somehow in the mount), battery to Red One, EVF to body, etc.
-thinking further on those lines, I hope they have some kind of positive latching connection from body to Red Drive, SATA and eSATA can pull right out. And if you're able to slide the rods to move the battery/Drive package fore/aft, could slide too far to unplug, or snag on someone/something to unhook. Yeah, gotta have a positive latch for body to Red Drive.
-user assignable buttons on EVF GOOD idea
-note little breathing holes on bottom of camera - fans draw air in or out of there I presume
-I spy 8 or 10 buttons around the screen on back, plus the twist 'n push control. Bodes well for getting into the frame size/frame rate/etc. controls pretty quick with something better than a drill down and down and down 1980's DOS menu structure.
-look at these from the other day, too, different view angle

OK, enough for now, yowza, 11:38pm, time for bed!

-mike